Improvement in corded-edge braid



CORDED EDGE BRAID;

Patented June19, 1877.

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FRIEDRICH W. HUPPELSBERG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORDED-EDGE BRAID.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,262, dated June 19, 1877; application filed March 24, 1877.

with the Letters Patent granted me Decemher 5, 1875, No. 160,198, will enable those skilled in the art to comprehend the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This invention consists in a braid one edge of which forms a cord, the whole being braided in one piece, so that by means of the flat portion of said braid, the cord can be readily attached to a garment or piece of furniture without stitching or nailing through said cord. In the drawing, the letter A designates my braid, which consists of a flat portion, a, and a round portion, b, said round portion having the appearance of a cord, such as is usually employed for binding or ornamenting the edges of garments or of articles of furniture. The flat portion (1, consists of a series of longitudinal or warp threads, 0, which run parallel to each other, and are connected togetherand covered by the braidingthreads d. The round portion 1) of my braid consists of parallel or warp-threads e, which run parallel to the threads 0, and are covered and held together by the braiding-threadsf.

Both operations, that of making a flat braid, and also that of plaiting a round cord, are

,well known, and are performed on an ordinary braiding-machine, but I have combined both operations into one, so that the braid ing-thrcads d, which serve to unite the warpthreads 0 of the flat portion a, are also used and that for plaiting round cords are combined is illustrated in Fig. 3.

In this diagram, the letter O designates an ordinary machine for plaiting round cords in the disks, of which work the jacks 2 0. From one of the disks, 'r, the jacks 2 pass back into disk 3 of the machine P, for making flat braids, and after having circulated through the disks of this machine, said jacks 2 pass back into the machine 0. a

The threads carried by the jacks 2, therefore, together with the threads carried by the jacks 0, form the plaiting for the round cord, while the threads carried by the jacks 2 also form the flat braid.

This combination of the two machines forms the subject matter of a separate application for a patent; and I do not, therefore, give a detailed description of the same in this present specification.

The great advantage of my corded -edge braid will be readily appreciated by tailors, dressmakers, upholsterers, and others. If an ordinary round cord is to be attached to the edge of a garment, the tailor or dressmaker has to stitch through the cord, an operation which cannot be performed on a sewing-inachine, and which is exceedingly tedious.

My cordededge braid can be readily fastsued by placing its flat portion between the layers forming the edge of a garment, and securing the whole together by one seam, which can be readily done on a sewing-machine, and thereby the corded or round portion of my braid is at once firmly retained in position, and the same eflect is produced as by an ordinary ronnd cord. In the same manner much time and labor are saved, by using my cordededge braid in ornamenting upholstered furniture.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A braid combined with aplaited cord upon one edge, in one and the same piece, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23d day of March, 1877.

F. W. HUPPELSBERG.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. T. KASTENHUBER. 

